Armonia Atenea
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Hasse, J A: Siroe re di Persia
RecommendedDresden version (1763)
Max Emanuel Cencic (Siroe), Franco Fagioli (Medarse), Julia Lezhneva (Laodice), Juan Sancho (Cosroe), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Emira), Laureen Snouffer (Arasse)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
a triumph. It reveals the full splendour of Hasse's score, from tender lyricism to eye-popping virtuosity...Petrou storms his way through the score, pushing the artists beyond what seems physically... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd November 2014
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Nicola Porpora: Opera Arias
RecommendedMax Emanuel Cencic (countertenor)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
There are three absolute gems here: 'Quando s'oscura is cielo' (Carlo il Calvo, Rome, 1738), with its ambiguous tonality, the gentle flute-inflected pastoral siciliana 'Ove l'erbetta', a love... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd March 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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International Opera Awards, 2019, Nominated - Recital Album
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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Handel: Alessandro, HWV21
Max Emanuel Cencic (Alessandro), Karina Gauvin (Lisaura), Julia Lezhneva (Roxana), Xavier Sabata (Tassile), Juan Sancho (Leonato)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
These discs should come with an asbestos slipcase, so incendiary is the performance they convey...Cencic is imperious hot-bloodedness personified...perhaps best of all is Karina Gauvin's utterly... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2013, Winner - Opéra baroque
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a recording that has you an the edge of your seat...The grainy sound of the period instruments gives a lightness and transparency to the texture, and George Petrou keeps the music moving so... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Nicola Antonio Porpora: Carlo Il Calvo
Franco Fagioli (Adalgiso), Max Emanuel Cenčić (Lottario), Julia Lezhneva (Gildippe), Suzanne Jerosme (Giuditta), Petr Nekoranec (Asprando), Bruno de Sá (Berardo), Nian Wang (Eduige)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
The singers are all first-rate. Max Cencic’s Lothar is spot on in terms of coloratura, while Franco Fagioli’s Adalgiso has a nice, almost transparent voice. Both Julia Leszhnova and Suzanne... —
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Special offer. Gluck: Il Trionfo di Clelia
Hélène Le Corre (Clelia), Mary-Ellen Nesi (Orazio), Irini Karainni (Tarquinio), Burçu Uyar (Larissa), Vassilis Kavayas (Porsenna), Florin Cezar Ouatu (Mannio)
Armonia Atenea, Giuseppe Sigismondi de Risio
de Risio's performance with Armonia Atenea is one of tireless dynamism, the trumpets, oboes and kettle drums parade-ground smart in the overture and tempestuous sinfonias...With the possible... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Opera Choice
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[Fagioli] certainly has a distinctive, plum-coloured voice, very mezzo-ish in timbre, ranging somewhere between Cecilia Bartoli and Ewa Podlés…he certainly throws himself into high notes with... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Handel: Arminio
Max Emanuel Cencic (Arminio), Layla Claire (Tusnelda), Ruxandra Donose (Ramise), Vince Yi (Sigismondo), Juan Sancho (Varo), Xavier Sabata (Tullio) and Petros Magoulas (Segeste)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Cencic makes the most of [the writing], sustaining a rich, beautifully rounded tone through even the most athletic numbers…his voice offers a lovely middle ground between Xavier Sabata’s darker... —
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Rokoko: Hasse Opera Arias
Max Emanuel Cencic (countertenor), Theodoros Kitsos (mandolin)
Armonia Atenea, George Petrou
Cencic's easy command of the craziest diminutions - the length, rapidity and range of which challenge the physically possible - shows why Hasse's music enthralled audiences. Authority abounds:... —
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